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EDWARD A. COOPER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH To `ocurran r. LEfrcHWonTH, on sAME rLAcE.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters Patent No.` 284,540, dated September 4, 1883.

Application inea May 26, 1st-m. (No 1310.361.)

To all whom it may con/cern,.-

' The loop G is constructed with anelongated Beit known that I, EDWARD vA.lCoornR, of opening, g, having its longest dimension arthe city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Halters, of which the following is aspecication.

The object of thisinvention is the construction of ahalter which shall be light and strong, and the parts "of which can be easily and cheaply constructed and secured togethen; and my invention consists, to that end, of animprovement in the device whereby the throatlatch is detachably connected with thebuckle of the cheek-strap. and in, the improved construction of the clasp whereby the `chin-ring is attached to the throat-latch, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a halter provided with.

my improvements. Fig. .2 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the buckle attached to the cheek-strap and the end of the throat-latch attached to said buckle. Fig. 3 is a rear edge elevation of said buckle. Fig 4. is a side elevation of the loop attached to the throat-latch.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional elevation of the fastening whereby the chin ring is attached to the billet of the throat-latch. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the chin-ring and fastening.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the severalhgures.`

AA represent the cheek-straps;` B, anl upward extension `of one of the cheek-straps forming the crown-strap; O, the chin-strip; D, the throat-latch, and E the billet of the throatlatch. l

F represents the buckle, wherebythe `free end of the crown-strap B is attached to the upper end of the adjacent cheek-strap A.

The throat-latch D is rigidly secured with one end toone of the cheek-straps A, and detachably connected with its other` end to the buckle F. The` latter is constructed onits `rear side or edgewith ahook or catch, f,which is adapted to receive and hold a loop, G, secured to the free end of the throat-latch.

rljhe catch f consists of an upright bar, h,

turned backward at its lower end, as represented in Fig. 3, and connected by-a shank, h, with the buckle.

ranged in line with thethroat-latch, or substantially ,at right angles to the upright catch-bar h, so that the opening g can only be engaged over the catch-bar h by bending the throatlatch out of its normal position, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Vhen the opening-g of the loop G has been placed over the catch-bar h, as above described, and the throat-latch is placed in its normalpcsition, as represented by full lines in Fig. 2, the loop G is firmly attachedto the catch f, and these parts cannot-become separated by any oi' the ordinary movements to which the halter is sub-r jected when in use. The loop G is, however, readilydetached from the catch f by placing the loop in a position in which the elongated opening g will pass over the catch-bar h. This fastening takes the. place o i' the snap-hooks ordinarily employed in halters for the same purpose. It is very simple and cheap in construction, as each part can be cast complete, and owing to the absence of a spring or other movablepart itis not liable to get out of order.

K represents the chin-ring through which the chin-strap passes, and Lrepresents the clip or fasteningwhereby the ring K is attached to the billet E of the throat-latch.

The clip L is composed of two parallel tapering shanks or arms, Z, arranged side by side, and a curved bar, Z, connecting the lower ends of said arms, so that an opening is formed between the arms Z Z, through which the ring K can be introduced into its seat Yon the curved bar l. The tapering arms Zare inserted between two thicknesses of leather, of' which the billet E is composed, as represented in Fig. 6, and the arms aresecured to the billet byrivets on, passing through openings n in the arms.

' ing permits the requisite free movement of the chin-ring, and is simfple and cheap in construction, andpermits the easy attachment of the chin-ring to the billet of the throat-latch.

l. The combination, in a halter, of acheekstrap, A, a throat-latch, F, having aloop, G, at-

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' tached thereto, and abuokle, F, attached tothe a. clasp or clip, L, composed of two arms,/Z Z, 1o cheek-strap, and provided on its side with :L arranged side by side and adapted to be secured catch adapted to engage with the loop of the to the billet, and a. connecting-bar, Z, adapted throat-latch, substantially as set forth. to support the Chin-ring, substantially 'as set 5 2. The buckle F, constructed with 2L catch, forth. Y y f, composed of an upright bar, lz, and shank EDWARD A. COOPER.

throat-latoh, substantially as set forth. CEAS. F. GEYER,

'hadapted for connection with ythe loop of the Vtnesses:

`3. The combination, With the chin-ring K, of I JNO. J. BONNER. 

